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Why Joseph "Harry" Boyer supports the Watson School

Boyer gives $250,000 to Watson School Equipment Endowment

"I want them to have the tools in their hands to solve problems," says Joseph "Harry"
Boyer, founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Innovation, a company based
in Johnson City, N.Y.

Engineers and computer scientists remain an essential part of the economic recovery
of New York and the nation. As the cost of providing technology-based instruction
continues to rise, Boyer's generous gift helps support some of the most pressing equipment
needs of Binghamton University's Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied
Science.

His gift also helped establish the Boyer Innovation Executive Boardroom on campus,
where members of the Watson School and University conduct some of their most important
meetings.

But that's not all. Boyer's insatiable appetite for learning and support for the education
of others extends further.

For nearly a decade, Innovation – which provides pharmacy automation systems to customers
across the nation – has turned to the University's Watson Institute for Systems Excellence
(WISE) for cutting-edge research expertise in simulation and modeling, and process
analysis and improvement.

"Trust. You know what you're going to get," Boyer says. "If they say they're going
to do it, you can take it to the bank."

Binghamton faculty and students who participate in WISE projects benefit from the
in-field experience outside the classroom. Innovation has even hired some of those
students, in addition to other University alumni.

"The world is not the same as it was when I was brought into it," Boyer says. "There
is progress. There are improvements. This world is changing. I see the students here
as being a great part of that change."